Decorative container



Jan. 30, 1940. I. 5. REYNOLDS 2,183,817

DECORATIVE CONTAINER Filed July 6, 193a INVENTOR ATTORNEYS H the several views:

Patented Jan. 30, 1940 TENT OFFICE v DECORATIVE CONTAINER. Irving C. Reynolds, Toledo, Ohio Application Julyc, 1938, Serial No. 217,74

3 Claims.

My invention relates to. decorative containers and more particularly to decorative containers in which food products, such as ice cream and jellied mixtures, are distributed It is now the usual practice of manufacturers of ice'cream and similar food products to provide fancy decorative containers for their products.

Containers of this character are primarily supplied in instances where it is desired to serve the product within the cup at tables to present an attractive and. decorative appearance, for instance at banquetsand the like. One of the usual forms consists in a container having a dec-, orative' collar attached theretoh This collar is ld l usually fashioned with segments extending into and secured to the interior wall of the container in which the ice cream or other mixture is contained. In this instance the ice cream or similar product, containedwithin the container andir contact with the attaching segmentsv of the collar, pervates the section of the collar extending exteriorly and about the-container thereby resultingin discoloring the same and presenting an untidy and unsanitary appearance. Furthermore, due to this pervation the body of the collar becomes disengaged or broken from the segments;

I overcomethese objectionable features, it being one of the principal objects of my invention to provide a container structure having a decorative collar arranged in a manner whereby the same is protected from the discoloring and deteriorating effects of the food product contained therein.

Another object of my invention is to provide a 5 container structure of the class described constructed in a manner to permit like containers to be secured thereto in nested relation, thus effecting an economy in. space in the shipping and storage of the same.

A further object of my invention is to provide a container structure of the class described wherein the decorative collar is effectively secured thereto.

' A still further object of my invention is to pro- 45 vide a container structure of the class described wherein the collar is secured and maintained about the mouth of a container in a manner to fixed position relative to the container 5. The

prevent accidental dislodgment therefrom and to present a neat and attractive appearance. Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description, appended claims and annexed drawing.

Referring to the drawing wherein like reference characters designate like parts throughout Fig. l is avertical sectional view of rny in-' vention. M

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof.

Fig 3 is a fragmentary top plan view illustrat ing the collar before attachment to the con,- 5. tainer. m

Fig. 4 is, a vertical sectional view of a modified form. 1

Fig. 5 is a modification. 10,,

Fig. 6 is a sectional View taken; on the line 6-fiof Figure 5 Fig. '7 is a fragmentary. transverse sectional view of a modified form of attaching the collar to; the container. l

In practicing my invention, in the preferred embodiment illustrated in Figures 1 to 3 inclusive, I provide'a container 5 of a substantially inverted frustruin shaped configuration having an opened bottom fashioned with, an interiorly folded section 6. engaging. an' interior wall I of I the container. The container is fashioned at the upper end thereof with a mouth 8 having a subjacent offset rim 9. A collar Ill having. an; outwardly and. circumferentially extending sec]- tion H andformed with oppositely disposed segmented' sections l2 is attached to thejco ntainer 5 in a manner hereinafter described. The seg I mented sections l2, as illustrated in Figure 3, at

verticalv sectional View of another the jointure thereof with the section H, are 30* partly severed from said section H to form fold sections IS. The sections l2 are folded downwardly on the fold sections l3 and engage the interior wall l'of the container, the section H extending laterally about the mouth 8.

Within the container'5 a cup or container 14 is positioned, said container having a closed bottom l5 and an open mouth H5 formed with a subjacent circumferentially extending rim l1 providing a channel l8 for receiving a disk (not 40 shown) to close said mouth. The container I4 is adapted to contain ice cream or a similar food -product and the exterior wall ISthereof engages the sections l2 of the collar and coacts with the interior wall I of the container 5 to maintain the sections l2 in clamped position between the walls 1' and [9 thereby securing the collar I 0 in tacting the collar, thereby eliminating 'discoloration and deterioration which would obtain in th v evident of such contact.

"tainer coacts with the interior wall of the con- From the foregoing it will be apparent that s in shipping or storing the containers 5 together with the collars ID, a number of the same may:

be nested together in the same manner that the container I4 is inserted in the container 5. The folded section 6 of the container 5 limits the insertion of a container and thereby prevents the mouth thereof from assuming a position subjacent the mouth of the container 5,

thus preventing the contents of the inserted container from accidental contact with the collar while the said contents are being consumed.

In' the modified form illustrated in Figure 4,1

both of the containers 5a and [4a, are of. a

similar construction, both being provided with This conclosed bottoms and rimmed mouths. struction permits of the use of one type of container and the sections l2a of the collar Illa are inserted therebetween in the same manner as in the preferred embodiment.

'In shipping and storing the containers 5, having the collars l positioned thereon, the collars often become disengaged therefrom. In order to overcome this undesirable feature, means is provided whereby the lower ends of the sections i 2 are affixed to the interior wall of the con-' tainer. However, it is to be distinctly understood that this means only afiords a temporary or auxiliary affixing of the sections I2 to the container and does not function to maintain the collar about the mouth 8 when another container has been inserted. The inserted container 5 to maintain the collar about the upper face of the mouth 8. the sections I2 in the above described manner is illustrated in Figures 5 and 6 wherein the sections l2 are secured to the interior wall by means of staples 20. Another form, illustrated; in- Figure 7, consists of securing the ends of the sections l2 to the interior wall 1 by means of glue 2| or cement.

tion as being particularly adaptable for use in connection withthe serving of ice cream andthe One form of securing While I have shown and. described my invenlike, it is to be distinctly understood that other tion relative to said first mentioned section ex-' tending into said mouth and engaging said Wall, a similar body arranged in said first mentioned body and'having an outer wall coacting with the inner wall of saidfirst mentioned body to maintain said collar fixed therebetween and said outwardly disposed section in position about said mouth, saidsimilar body having a bottom portion resting on said folded section to position the mouth of said similarbody above said collar. 1

2. In a container structure, a hollow body having an inner wall terminating" in a mouth, and a collar associated with said body and formed with a circumferentially and outwardly disposed section extending about said mouth in substantial horizontality with respect to the vertical axis of said body and with an angularly disposed section relative to said first mentioned section extending into said mouth and engaging said wall, said body adapted to receive a similar I body in a manner wherebythe outer wall of said similar body coacts' with the inner wall of said first mentionedbody to maintain said collar in position about said mouth."

of a hollow body having an interior wall terminating in a mouth, of a collar engaging said wall andhaving a section extending over said mouth in substantial hoi'izontality with respect to the vertical axisof said body and circumferentially about the mouth, of a similar body as said first mentioned body and having an exterior wall coacting with said interior wall to maintain said collar in fixed position about the mouth of said first mentioned body. l

IRVING C- REYNOLDS- 3. In a container structure, the-combination J 

